Sure, it can definitely be snarky and it and mistakenly humiliates Jeremy in front of a crowd full of onlookers, but it never sets out to brainwash all of humanity and even tells Jeremy how to deactivate it once it realizes it will be no further help to him. Jeremy's Squip isn't even an antagonist in the book. Adaptational Villainy: While Jeremy's Squip could certainly be cruel in the book, the musical version is outright abusive towards Jeremy, degrading his self-esteem with mantras like "Everything about you is just terrible/Everything about you makes me wanna die" so that Jeremy will be compelled to do what it says.Whereas in the book he is straight and his girlfriend Nicole is a minor character, in the play it's ambiguous as to what his preferences are and he remains single throughout. Michael in the play warns Jeremy as soon as he learns that SQUIP users have been hospitalized and tells him to be careful. In the climax, he reveals to Jeremy that he lied about not knowing what the SQUIP was because he thought Jeremy shouldn't be taking it due to the users who got hospitalized. Michael is also less sympathetic in general in the book considering he's a white boy with Yellow Fever.Jeremy is a lot gentler and less mean-spirited than his book counterpart, too. He also never has the moment of not telling Michael about the SQUIP, going so far as to offer to share it with him. He's still plenty flawed, but this comes through more often than not as a result of the SQUIP's influence taking advantage of said flaws. The stage iteration of Jeremy doesn't do the latter two at all, and balances his nerdy horniness with his patience with his father's depression, genuine friendship with Michael, respect for Christine, and empathy and kindness towards his peers, despite his mistreatment at their hands. Jeremy in the book is a case of I'm a Man I Can't Help It who spends his school days staring at Christine, making tally marks of how many people humiliate him, and at one point fantasizes about stamping slurs and insults on people's foreheads.Adaptation Name Change: Christine's last name goes from Caniglia in the book to Canigula in the play.When Jeremy's argument with him motivates him to shape up to help his son, Mr. The play establishes that he used to be better but the divorce has wrecked him. Adaptational Intelligence: Jeremy's dad in the book is a classic Bumbling Dad who walks around naked because he likes it.Michael in the play does just that and brings the Mountain Dew Red needed for the occasion. Where in the book, he's still an outsider and Jeremy's best friend, he never runs up on stage during the play to save the school from being turned into mind-controlled zombies. Although the experience was traumatizing, she can find some humor in the situation. Christine admits with a laugh that the SQUIP in her head appeared as Ruth Bader Ginsberg.Jeremy and Michael playfully rib at each other about being best friends as they play videogames.In the 2018-2019 revised script, Michael finds the "Boyfriends" graffiti drawn on his and Jeremy's backpack as hilarious.
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